Nothingman

@PaulThePlug yeah vinyl transfer thingy but the black is painted on. They’ll be no thumb rest as I’m not into them. Excuse my ignorance, I’m new to this stuff. But what is meant by cocktail stick the scratch plate holes? More photos when I get them.

Picked this up off a fellow BC'er (El Capo) last year and it has been sat round gathering dust. First photo is his. It is a beauty considering the price so I have decided to spruce it up. No as my fat fingers are pretty ropey at doing anything practical, a friend of mine is doing the actual graft on this. I am just calling myself 'project manager'. Now despite 75% of my basses have been sunburst, I am not too keen on them. So with this we (well he) is stripping off the sunburst, which appears to be a wraparound coat (see picture) and going to paint it TV yellow/Butterscotch blonde. However, not decided which yet. The head stock was already shaped to mimic Fender one and there is a decent fender bridge on there. Going to take a wee bit off the neck, but not much as I like a hefty neck. Other than that, not much to do. Will see how PUP gets along and swap out at a later date. Just need to order a black 3 ply plate to finish it off and may do something different with the volume and tone wheels. So purely aesthetics at the moment. Really I am using this as an experiment to learn a little about building and re-painting guitars (although I can't shadow hime now!) so I know what needs to be doen and how much to spend if I see a project for sale in the future.

Still buy vinyl, always will. Sonetimes I like to put a CD on. I still have blank cassette tapes and will make people an all vinyl mix tape, on occasions. Love the possibilities of streaming in order to discover new music. The convenience it brings - got a 100+ play list for my running sand the ability to share. Consume it all and bathe in it like Cleopatra in milk. It’s all good. However, vinyl is definitely the best sound, artwork and looks flipping great.

Have you ever ended up working on a really random project? When I came out of bass retirement my new band turned up at our friends studio for our first (or maybe second) practice. He was working on something and wanted us to add backing/gang vocals for it. We obliged. Turns out it was a Rick Parfitt tribute song By CJ Wildheart and ended up at number 2 on the physical single releases that Christmas. Better that Ricks collaboration with Rolf! Bizarre Secondly, I was interviewed by a producer from the Big British Castle, last year. When I was on Twitter I spoke openly about mental health and how the M1 was a bad trigger for me. So, to mark the 60th anniversary of the M1, the BBC created a documentary about it for radio 3. This involved a piece of music by the BBC philharmonic with interviews of M1 commuters spliced into it. I am one of those people. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0009qyz it wax broadcast a year ago, but this is the first time I’ve listened to it. Another utterly bizarre situation. Have any BCers ended up on random projects they never expected? Edit: yes, no bass content! 😫

Yeah read that about countdown. Nick seems like a proper good guy. This week I have absolutely smashed my way through New River Head, Vavona Burr, We're Your Friends, Man, Tryptytch, Any Gas Faster and London Stone.

Not decided. My mate is currently nailing He Be A Diamond purely as Fannies did it. So much to go from.

Think we are going to try a sneaky cover tonight at practice. We’ve actually taken some inspiration for name ideas for our new project from a couple of the dong titles. Our WhatsApp group is a hive of activity today!

Oh man. Less than a week ago, one of my bandmates decided to announce that he discovered the work of The Bevis Frond. He found them via Teenage Fanclub covering one of their songs. And I can see why Fannies cover them! All week I have been on a deep dive into their back catalogue. They seem to be a mash of lot of my favourite bands with some beautifully crafted songs. If anybody is into them, then please let me know. Can't believe I have lived without knowing of these guys. 2020 is blooming great.

This week I’ve been listening to nothing but beautifully morose alt Indy songs.

I like that. Shambolic Lo-if indie Slacker at its best. i’ll give you Devo 2.0

Haha. I couldn’t do the weekends.

Is there a word for feeling disgusted but in awe at the same time? 🤣

Last gig was September. I played 3 sets with 3 different bands at an all dayer. Tried to quit one of those bands after the show, they didn’t let me (best mates and all). Didn’t want to do one but couldn’t get out of it, not playing with them now. Then the third one was my band so all rosey. Pointless bank story there. As an almost 40 year old alt/punk kid, who is doing this for fun, it’s frustrating not to gig. But like so many others, as it’s not a revenue stream so I’m not too phased. I’m spending the time writing for a new project that I’m very excited for. Our first practice was a huge success and we are going at this with the main aim of making some really good recordings, not worried about gigging at the moment. A very fortunate position to be in. My heart bleeds for people that need to make a living out of this stuff. Venue staff, performers, techs and engineers. Things won’t get any easier for a while as those small gigs and venues will be hardest hit. However, when they are back (bigger, better, stronger) I’m going to love and appreciate them even more. I look forward to playing live again.

Absolute banger, start to finish.